160 YEARS AGO
The War News—It is not too much to expect that the banners of General Sherman may wave over the city of Mobile during the first week in March! The defenses of that city, on the land side, are not reported as being very formidable; and we do not believe that Johnston can spare the men necessary to materially hinder his progress. At the last accounts, General Sherman was within 105 miles of Mobile; while Farragut awaits the sound…
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110 YEARS AGO
Within the past few months many of the pool rooms, lunch rooms, cigar stores, candy stores, and public places of the like in Oneonta have been operating slot machines, candy cards, cigar boards and numerous other devices in which a man might get a whole lot for a nickel or a dime, but the majority of players would be more likely to get nothing. The operation of such devices is in direct violation of the law and, at…
The seeds of success were sown a decade earlier, five town administrations ago, at a meeting in Richfield Springs during the fall of 2014.…
One of the foremost challenges facing rural hospices is the sheer geography. Unlike their urban counterparts, rural hospices often cover vast areas, requiring extensive logistical planning to reach patients in remote locations.…
I reached out to Bryan LoRusso for an update on progress at the former Hartwick school building. This is his report: “My family purchased the ‘Old School’ in 2023. Since the closing on the property, it has been quite an undertaking to clean the structure out and begin the process of rehabilitation..."…
135 YEARS AGO
Corn is still and probably always will be our staple commodity. Last year we produced 2,000,000,000 bushels. The average price paid was only 23 cents per bushel, but even at this low price the commercial value of the crop was $74,000,000. This is almost equal to the value of all the gold, silver and lead mined in the United States in 1887, which was worth $87,535,000. Corn is our greatest crop. It makes hogs and cattle and alcohol,…
40 Years Ago
The computer is going to summer camp. James LeMonn, a spokesman for the American Camping Association said his organization’s “Parents Guide” for 1984 lists 180 camps with computer instruction programs. The fad started about two years ago, he said. “We view it as a temporary phenomenon,” LeMonn said. He pointed out that camps providing foreign language classes were very popular in the 1950s. When schools started including more complete language programs, the camps faded. He predicts the same…
Our National Debt dates from the earliest days of the American Republic. When we fought the Revolution, we borrowed (from France) to pay for the weapons needed to take the fight to the British.…
A new Employment Services office located at the Ford on Main will be the employment hub for Otsego County and bridge the employment gap between people with disabilities and employers.…
160 YEARS AGO
Local—Real Estate: Mr. N.H. Lake has purchased of the Prentiss estate the building in which he does business, and in which, for about 40 years this paper has been published.
Mr. Andrew Shaw, Jr., has purchased the building adjoining us on the east, of the Stowell estate, to be occupied by him as a hop store. Mr. S. will become a resident of the village in the spring.
Mr. D.A. Avery has purchased the lot opposite the mansion of Mr.…